Geography Vocabulary Quiz Review
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- ecosystem
- a community of living things and their environment; the elements of an ecosystem interact with one another
- What is an example of a fossil fuel?
- coal, natural gas, petroleum...
- natural resource
- any useful material found in the environment
- global warming
- a slow increase in Earth's temperature due to the increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
- raw material
- a resource or material that is still in its natural state, before being processed or manufactured into a useful product
- nonrenewable resource
- a resource that can not be replaced once it is used; nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and minerals (including iron, copper, and gold)
- recyclable resource
- a resource that cycles through natural processes in the environment; water, nitrogen, and carbon are recyclable resources
- acid rain
- rain whose high levels of chemicals can pollute or damage the environment; usually caused by pollutants from the burning of fossil fuels
- renewable resource
- a natural resource that the environment continues to supply or replace as it is used, such as trees, water, and wind
- population
- the people living in a particular region; especially the total number of people in an area
- recycle
- to reuse materials to make new products
- fossil fuel
- any one several nonrenewable resources such as coal, oil, or natural gas, created from the remains of plants and animals
- habitat
- the area in which a plant or animal naturally grows or lives
- What is an example of a natural resource?
- Soil, water, minerals...
- greenhouse effect
- the effect of amounts of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxided build up in the atmosphere; results in global warming
- population density
- the average number of people living in a given area
- deforestation
- the process of clearing land of forests and trees, usually to make room for farms and homes
- population distribution
- how a population is spread over an area
- ozone layer
- the layer of gas in the upper part of the atmosphere that blocks out most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays
- What is an example of an ecosystem?
- Sahara Desert, Great Plains...